Rail-joint.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

A. W. SHAW.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1906.

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wit" e-olma STATES PATENT 'ornron A R CHIBA LD WASHINGTON sHAW; ononnw, MISSISSIPPI.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it mitt concern:

Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD WASHING- TON SHAW, a citizen of the United States, residin at Drew, in the count'yfjbfiSunflower and tate' of Mississ'ippii havefihvented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the followingis a spe'cification.

v This invention is a'rail-joi'nt, and'more ar tieularly that kind in. which-the" ends of a utting rails are supported and heldin alinement by a chair.

The invention comprises a chair which is in two separablesections-"each oi whichhns thesections together.

, vertical section onthegline 2 2 of Fig. 1.

rail-engaging means and means for. locking In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 1s a side ()lBVittlOn oft e oint. Fig. 2 1s. a Fig. 3 is a horizontal-section'on the line 3 3 of Fig.

2. Fi 4 is'a bottom plan view of the joint chair (Iraw'n'toa reduced scale. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a modification. Referring specifically to the-drawings, and ll denote the 'ends of adjoining railshavin transverse openings 12 in their webs.

" he chair is in' two separable sections, each .'-of which comprises a base 13, havi'n anupstanding flange 14, at 'thetop of w ieh are inwardly-extending hooks 15. The base portions of the chair meet under the rails and the latter are seated :thereon. The flanges 14 engage the rail-wcbs on opposite sides and are also shaped to extend over the foot of the rails, as at 16. The'hooks l5are oppositely presented and extend into the openings 12; inside of which they interlock, as clearl" shown in'Fig; 3; The openings 12 are 0 such length as to permit su'llicient endwise movement of the chair members to engage ordisenga ethe hooks. .The meeting edgesiof the ase-sections' of the chair member's'arestepped, as shown inFig. 4.

In the modification shown in .Fig. 5 one of the base-sections has a tongue 17, wlnch extends into a recess 18 in the edge of the other 4 "se'ct1on. The recess is of suflicient'length topermit end'wis'e movement of the seetions'to' v engage and 'disengagethe hooks 15.-

Specification of Letters Patent. duplication site September 25. 1906; Serial m. 336.106.

- Patented Feb. 5,1907.

- In use the chair members will be properly os1t1oned with the hooks 15 nterlocnng,

after which the chair will be spikedto the ties. endwise separation of the chair members WltllOllh interfering. with the expansion or contract-ion 'ofthe rails from changes oftem The hooks prevent lateral as well as transversely under of two mil-sections, the webs of which have transverse openings' of a chair comprising two separable sections each of which has-abase-portion extending under the r aihnnd an upstanding rail-engaging flange, andjoppositclyrpreseutml hooks extending frolnsaid flanges into the transverse openings in the rail-webs, and interlocking therein.

2. The combination with the meeting ends of two rail-sections, the webs of whichhave transverse-o enings of a chaircomprising two separab e sections each of which has ,a base portionextending under the rail, and an upstandin rail-engaging flange, oppositely resented ooks extending from said flanges into the transverse openings in the rail- \vel' s,-

8 5" ing transversely under-thechair. and having and, interloehing therein, and plates extendrecesses in which the chair seatsz' e In testimony whereof .I- have signed" my name to this specificationinthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARCIHBALD WiiSlIlNGTON s n w. 

